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Jrawn from results gained at the Ohio station and reported in a recent bulletin. Following is a summary of the bulletin mentioned:Keeping seed potatoes so as to preserve their vitality i.s of the utmost importance. This can be done faiily well by pitting, but cold storage, whore the temperatuie is held at about 33 degrees F , is the ideal method. As between budding and sprouting the seed in the light and in cold storage, there is but little choice. Budding is accomplished by spreading the potatoes one layei deep on the barn floor wherever they will got light, but are not exposed to direct sunlight. This is done several weeks before time of planting. Potatoes treated in this manner come up in about one week and grow with astonishing rapidity. Cold storage potatoes arc a few days later in coming up, but mature at the same time. Contrary to expectations, the best results Lave been secured in using medium and late varieties for late planting. Usually as large a crop is not. secured by late as by early planting, but the advantages lie in being able to follow early crops in this manner and in securing better seed because of the superior keeping qualities of late grown potatoes.It has been found advantageous to immerse seed potatoes not more than one hour in the corrosive sublimate solution in the treatment to prevent potato scab, tired potatoes, grown from ti rated seed and planted on land free from scab, may produce tubers almost free from scab. The treatment for potato scabdoes little1 or no good if the potatoes are planted on land infested with scab. It is n good plan to tnat seed potatoes some time before planting, and to dry before storing. Spraying to prevent potato blight has given valuable results, possibly because' tho same forms of blight have not been present at all times.Potatoes appearing to he sound, but showing a daxk ring when cut across the stem end, are diseased and will carry the blight to the field. The Colorado potato beetle, blister and flea beetles may carry the disease from one hill to mother. It is essential to ie;j‘‘rt diseased tubers, to keep the bug* in check and to plant on giound where potatoes have not been grown for a year or two. Ill spraying, six ounces of paris green should bo used to a barrel of bordeaux mixture.Thorough cultivation is important, so as to prevent the wa^te of moisture and to keep up a vigoums growth, as a means of rendering the plants somewhat resistant to blight.The most promising of the new early varieties aie 13uiv*lt; No. 1, Bovee. Early Michigan, Early Thoroughbred and Van Orman's No. UM The most promising if the now late varieties are Carman No. 3, Country Gentleman, Enormous, Flagl(\ Livingston. Table King, Uncle sum and Wise. White Early Ohio, Pride if the South and White Bliss1 Triumph ire valuable for certain sections and for special purposes, but not for general cultivation. American Wonder, Carman Nos. 1 and 3, Early Norther, Early Harvest, Rural New Yorker No. 2, Sir William and Wise have been tested saf-iciently to warrant recoin mending them Cor general cultivation.Snbftoilhig Defined*A correspondent in the Burlington Hawkey** says: ‘‘A plow is an implement uw«l to completely overturn or in-rert tho furrow slice it cuts out, bringing the under part- of the soil to the surface and placing the top soil to die bottom of the furrow. A snhsoilor ms been unfortunately named a suhoil jlow, giving the impression that in its operation the surf at e soil is buried 12 to 18 inches below the surface and the subsoil from a corresponding depth broughtdie.Rev. M. Mahin.—I have no experience in collar wintering, and in this climate (Indiana) I do not think it advisable. From what I have heard and read I am \ quite sure that cellar wintered bees are I more tender and suffer more from spring dwindling. jJ. E. Pond.—I lmve never kept bees inside—that is, I have always wintered ! them on the summer stands—but I see no reason whv there should be any dif-% wferenco in tenderness, whether kept outdoors or inside, and, again, I cannot imagine how any one can judge accurately in tho matter.Mrs. J. N. Heater.—Perhaps not, but j they are sure to have brood earlier and j when placed out of doors will be tempt- . J ed out in quest of water and pollen to feed their young and perish in the cold, joften to such an extent that not enough .bees are left to cover the brood, and it, Itoo, is chilled to death. My heaviest ,losses from spring dwindling have al- !ways been from colonies wintered in tho cellar.Manures For Early Planting.No matter how rich the soil may be from previous manuring, all seeds planted during March or April should have 1 some nitrogenous manure put in with J them. There is no development of nitrates in the soil during cold weather, and that developed last year has been j mostly washed out by rains and m*lt- j | ing shown. It needs some available ni-J trogen to furnish a supply until the fermentation of vegetable' matter in the soil piovides it. Unless this is done the early growth will be stunted, and the 1 crop will not only be reduced in quan- ! tity, but will be not much earlier than ,• if planted later with the soil warm j enough to furnish nitrogen and give the plants a vigorous start Later in \ the season the nodules on pea roots , store nitrogen from the air. Bur they j do this for the soil rather than for tlu* 1 growth of the vine While young the' , pea vine ne^ds nitrogenous manures, j the same as other plants. As the value ! of early peas consists mainly in their ! earliness it is a mistake to neglect giv- | ing them what is needed to push them i rapidly until they attain size to help f themselves.—American Cultivator.Cang Clow**,The following letter from a Kansas : contributor appeared in Tho Kansas Farmer: i1 have used a gang plow for five years (three plows). Calicut from J! to 13 inches, according to tho depth I desire to plow—that is, cut or slice for 33 to 41 inc lies. T work four or ^ix hoi.sc5— ■ always six when plowing for corn. Tho plow o«m be turned around inside of its length. I use no tongue. Can guide it so only two plows will cut furrows if j so desired when finishing upland, or can drop off one plow or add another i to it. I think it is the best farm imple- * inent I ever bought. I always attach a harrow when plowing for grain. I plow- \ ed, harrowed and planled to corn 120 acres in lUjo days. Have plowed over j 200 acres without going to the shop. ! -Tho least day’s work I ever did was seven acres—this because the bouts were very short. Have plowed a half day ■ f without ever stopping.Crimson Clover In llHnoig.E. Davenport reports from the stationof the University of Illinois that, first, crimson clover is less likely than red j clover to succeed in Illinois; second, drought and cold are its great enemies, notably the former, especially in the J early life of the plant; third, if benefits may be had from acclimation, they have not j'ot become sufficiently established to Lie noticeable.Formaline For Potato Scab.At the Indiana station formaline waft used instead of corrosive sublimate for
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Mon, May 24, 1897
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